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USDOT offers free webinar on the connected vehicle workforce

The USDOT's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program is to host a free Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) webinar to discuss workforce skills that support the future connected vehicle (CV) environment. The webinar, entitled Connected Vehicle Workforce, is scheduled for 10 September from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EST.
August 28, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
The USDOT's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program is to host a free Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) webinar to discuss workforce skills that support the future connected vehicle (CV) environment.

The webinar, entitled Connected Vehicle Workforce, is scheduled for 10 September from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EST.

The webinar will focus on the workforce skills that support the future CV environment. Attendees will hear about the PCB Program's CV Training and Education Plan. This plan aims to connect people to training and educational opportunities to develop the CV knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the industry. The webinar will also introduce attendees to the vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) resources.

Attendees will learn about: Training and educational opportunities needed to support deployment of CV applications and technologies; Connected V2I Deployment Guidance; CV certification and training.

The ITS Joint Program Office's Mac Lister, Knowledge and Technology Transfer Program Manager, will host the webinar, with Booz Allen Hamilton's Jocelyn Lewis, the The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Jonathan Walker and Mobile Comply's Elaina Farnsworth.

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